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On November 02 2011 18:58 EvilSky wrote:
why did you bet so weakly on the river? if you did it to induce you should call, but its not a good sizing otherwise, just go bigger.

I did it small cause that's the amount I think a hand like AQ and KQ would call, if I bet bigger I think most of those one pair type hands will fold a large % of the time. what u think about this?

I dont really think it matters as much, even if they fold a bit more to a bigger bet you are getting more money the times they do call so it balances it out. I dont hate this in a vacuum but you gotta be aware that it looks like a value hand that is not a flush so you might get bluffed. In general though if we are talking about a balanced strategy you want to bet bigger in these spots to put more pressure on villians.

On November 02 2011 18:58 EvilSky wrote:
why did you bet so weakly on the river? if you did it to induce you should call, but its not a good sizing otherwise, just go bigger.

I did it small cause that's the amount I think a hand like AQ and KQ would call, if I bet bigger I think most of those one pair type hands will fold a large % of the time. what u think about this?

are you always 3-barreling this board and betting the river big with any hand that can't beat Qx then?

not always because people are stupid at the stakes that I play so I dont need to balance my range like that, yet... but lets say I have AK here and the river bricks, I will probably bet $15

it's not an issue of balancing, if you think that villain will fold all Qx hands on the river to a $15 bet then obviously you should be betting $15 every single time you can't beat Qx...

my point isn't that you should always barrel here, my point is that i think you're probably wrong about assuming he folds a queen to $15 so often. i mean, him folding AQ for $15 would be pretty absurd since KQ is usually a super-standard v-bet from your position.

I really think calling with AQ there from his point of view wishing I show up with KQ there is just wishful thinking, just as much as it its betting $15 with KQ there expecting to get called by worse by a reg

just a hint on timing tells, when someone makes a snap decision on river it often means they were planning to make that river decision on the turn, if you did a certain action on river. it doesn't neccesarily mean they have a strong hand.

At least when I played nl50, can't remember many players turning their made hands into bluffs or people raising even nfds on flop. we have the worst flush out there. Which is why I say fold. Some tendencies would be nice to know, just saying he plays 21/17/7 isn't of much, if any, help.

On November 02 2011 23:02 barbieman wrote:
At least when I played nl50, can't remember many players turning their made hands into bluffs or people raising even nfds on flop. we have the worst flush out there. Which is why I say fold. Some tendencies would be nice to know, just saying he plays 21/17/7 isn't of much, if any, help.